Sunday, 1 September 2013

Yesterday was very good harvest (700 lbs) for this year. The picking in the morning was ok-good in spots. Good spots were fewer and farther between as the day wore on. Data and history suggest that the availability of ripe berries will be very limited today. Because if this, we are discouraging pickers from farther away than Houghton or L'Anse to hold off until next weekend, and give the remaining berries (still lots) more time to ripen. The harvest trends are showing the affect of ripening, as the harvest tends to increase during the week, peaking on busy Saturdays, then precipitous drops on Sundays/Mondays. The patch is very wet this morning and forecast for today is scattered showers and thunderstorms. We'll still be here today, all day. Thanks to all who came and picked yesterday, and for the volunteers from the Michigan Tech Preschool and HoCo 4-H Endowment Committee. The harvest exceeded our expectations and everything went very smooth!